So they realized okay, we are not going to win this way so what do you do then . Well, the kochs are very smart. They are terrific businessmen, both graduates of mit and they are engineers and they went back to thedrawing board to figure out the new model. And in the years after that, soon after that they began to draw up a blueprint for how you could do sort of an Assembly Line to change american politics, even if you couldnt win the popular vote to go there, they follow the footsteps of a couple other major multimillionaires and billionaires on the right who were also funding this project and they figured out that from their standpoint politicians are just actors who are spouting lines andthe key to changing america is to write the script. How do you get to write the script . Well, you have to change kind of the whole way that elite opinion is formed in the country. There happened to have been right around the same time, a little bit earlier, a paper that was the blueprint for all of
Founder of several nonprofit organizations including the investigative report shop here and before that the center of integrity. Chucks most recent book, the future of truth and decline of americas moral integrity. Its a fascinating of many truths manipulated by governments and corporations. The buying of the president a chilling look into the finance ing and president ial campaign written with staff. Chuck is a fulltime professor and teaches Investigative Journalism and recently returned from a fellowship. Tonight he is going to have a conversation with jim mayer. A passion that chuck shares. Chuck. [applause] thank you very much, jeff, and welcome everybody, jane, welcome to American University. To introduce jane, we would take ten minutes just to go through her bio, which is an astonishing bio. One of the preimminent journalists in the u. S. The new yorker now 11 years, how many years, sorry . I shouldnt ask. Several years. Anyway, literally winner of some many acards, on ther prize
Brouhaha of the day. Mitt romney and a comprehensively scathing rebuke of donald trump this morning in salt lake city. The attempt of the Republican Partys last nominee to kill the candidacy of this cycles most likely nominee seemed like the equivalent of a celebrity roast. He tore into policy proposals, character, and temperament. In short, he stated the new york billionaire was unworthy of president of the united states. Take a look. Miit romney here is what i know. Donald trump is a phony, a fraud. His promises are as worthless as a degree from trump university. He is playing the American Public for suckers. He gets a free ride to the white house, and all we get is a lousy hat. Trump supporter sarah palin went on social media and urged donald trump to not take the bait. Later at a rally in portland, maine, donald trump dismissed romney as irrelevant. He fired back. Doanld trump mitt is a failed candidate. He failed horribly. That was a race i have to say that should have been won. I
Comprehensively scathing rebuke of donald trump this morning in salt lake city. The attempt of the Republican Partys last nominee to kill the candidacy of this cycles most likely nominee seemed like the equivalent of a celebrity roast. Policy proposals, character, and temperament. Short, he stated the new york billionaire was unworthy of president of the united states. Here is what i know. Donald trump is a phony, a fraud. His promises are as worthless as a degree from trump university. He is playing the American Public for suckers. The whitefree ride to house, and all we get is a lousy hat. Trump supporters sara palin went on social media and urged donald trump to not take the bait. Later at a rally in portland, maine, donald trump dismissed romney as irrelevant. Tomitt is a failed candidate he failed horribly. Mitch is a failed candidate. He failed horribly. That was a race i have to say that should have been won. I dont know what happened to him. He disappeared. I am not a fan of ba
Ordinary, somewhat boring tuesday. While you wait for the post to close, we will talk it over. Stay tuned for all of that. Some of our colleagues were able to catch up with one voter in happy aboutnot too the way donald trump has been running his campaign. I will be today is not the day to do that. I am very concerned. I just saw a commercial i guess it was last night with these comments that were made about women. I have two daughters. I will have more to say about that. If john kasich is going to is it going to work . It would take him off brand because he is trying to be positive. He is probably outraged by the comments in that ad. If he wins tomorrow ohio will be front and center with a chance to galvanize the establishment and the antitrust movement. That he will have the stomach in the discipline to leave that movement. John you are wrong. Run histo casing has campaign has put him in a position to go after trump in a different way. Because he has run his campaign a positive way y